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A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.

Introduced: April 14, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Apr 14, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 14, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3709)
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to reduce quota peanut price support levels through crop year 2001 and make nonrecourse loans available to all peanut producers at 85 percent of estimated market value as of crop year 2002.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to eliminate peanut quotas as of crop year 2002.

Amends the National School Lunch Act to authorize the purchase at world market price of additional (excess of poundage quota) peanuts for the school lunch and other specified food and nutrition programs. States that such peanuts shall not be considered domestic edible use peanuts under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 or the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

What's happening now April 14, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1